About Johann Georg Abicht
Lived 1672 – 1740 (aged 68). Johann Georg Abicht was a German theologian, university teacher, superintendent, hebraist and parson.
Johann Georg Abicht (21 March 1672 – 5 June 1740) was a German Lutheran theologian, born at Königsee, Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.
After finishing his studies at the universities of Jena and Leipzig, Abicht became teacher of oriental languages at the latter in 1702. In 1707 he was appointed rector of the college of Danzig and pastor at the Holy Trinity Church. In 1729 he was appointed general superintendent, professor of theology and pastor at the town church of Wittenberg.
His best-known works are those about oriental languages and Hebrew archaeology.
Publications Methodus linguae sanctae, Leipzig, 1718 Dissertatio de Libro recti, Leipzig 1732 - a Latin translation of the Hebrew midrash "Book of Jasher" (Venice 1625)
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German theologian (1672–1740)
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Johann Georg Abicht was born on 21 March 1672 in Königsee.
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Johann Georg Abicht died on 5 June 1740 in Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Wittenberge.
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Johann Georg Abicht was a theologian, university teacher, superintendent, hebraist and parson.
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Johann Georg Abicht was German.
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